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Bedford, Nathaniel (b 1757)
GB 0114 MS0002 · Fonds · 1781-1783

This collection contains a single manuscript volume, the 'Naval Surgeons Casebook'. The volume begins with details of cases, symptoms and cures of Nathaniel Bedford's patients at St George's hospital during 1781. The rest of the volume contains descriptions of cases, sickness, and treatments during his travels whilst a ship's surgeon in the West Indies during 1781-1783.

Bedford, Nathaniel, fl 1781-1783, naval surgeon
HALF MOON THEATRE COMPANY
GB 0505 HMT · 1972-1990

The collection consists of member lists and registers; correspondence, notes and publications relating to the building of the new theatre; financial papers relating to loans; financial papers concerning various productions; legal papers relating to the lease of land; applications to the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Greater London Council for funding, including annual reports and accounts; papers and publicity material relating to productions; scripts; programmes and posters for plays; material concerned with the Women's festival of June 1986; publications about fringe theatres and the East End of London; photographs of productions and cast; press cuttings.

Half Moon Theatre Company
GB 0074 CLC/083 · Collection · 1913-1948

Records of the Liverpool Victoria Approved Society, including reports of annual meetings and liabilities account book.

Liverpool Victoria Approved Society
GB 0097 NCLC · Collection · 1921-1964

Constitution of the National Council of Labour Colleges; minutes of the conference on Class Co-ordination; papers of the executive committee, the annual conference, the annual meeting, and the publication sub-committee; and annual reports by the secretary and the executive sub-committee on the financing and running of the colleges and classes.

National Council of Labour Colleges
RAWLE, Mary Ann (1878-1964)
GB 106 7MAR · Fonds · 1907-2006

The archive consists of Mary Ann Rawle's working papers relating to the women's suffrage campaign and the Independent Labour Party. It includes correspondence, a prison diary describing her time in Holloway, an illuminated address and a badge awarded for bravery in prison, copy family certificates and photographs.

Rawle , Mary Ann , 1878-1964 , suffragette
GB 0096 AL108 · Fonds · 1860

Letter from Samuel Smiles of 6 Granvill Park Terrace, Blackheath, London to R Harrison, Esq, 22 Jun 1860. Answering enquiries on 'the actual condition of the working classes'. 'The bulk of the writers who write for the working classes are, though very decent penny a liners, for the most part people who know nothing about them, and merely get up what will sell for the day.'

Autograph, with signature.

Smiles , Samuel , 1812-1904 , biographer and didact
Social Democratic Federation
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0522 · Collection · 1884-1889

Section 1: Letters from Herbert Burrows to members of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) about the Staffordshire miners strike, on which he was reporting for 'Justice', correspondence concerning 'Justice' and the SDF by various authors, articles intended for 'Justice', either undated or dated 1884.
Section 2: Letters to 'Justice' and various members of the SDF, 1884-1889.
Section 3: Manuscripts of articles for 'Justice', mainly undated.
Section 4: 4/1 Fly sheet. Eight hours demonstration at Birmingham town Hall, Herbert Burrows, Chairman, on the back pencil notes on wages in the metal trades; 4/2 Walter Crane cartoon for May Day; Appendix (M859 R (SR) ARC2) William Morris letter to "Dear Comrade of the SDF, the Labour League and Justice", 19 Dec 1885.

Social Democratic Federation
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0043 · Collection · 1885-1890

Record of the inhabitants of Katharine Buildings, Cartwright Street, Aldgate, London.

Webb , Martha Beatrice , 1858-1943 , wife of 1st Baron Passfield , social reformer and historian
GB 1975 Working Class Autobiographies · Created 1790-1945; copied 1984-1989

Photocopies of c230 manuscript and typescript autobiographies of English, Welsh and Scottish working class individuals, c1790-1945, collated and copied by John Burnett, David Mayall and David Vincent for their The autobiography of the working class (Harvester Press, Brighton, 1984-1989). The majority of authors recall memories of their childhoods and early working lives in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Burnett , John , b1925 , historian Mayall , David , b1953 , historian Vincent , David , b1949 , historian